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Matronymic surname from the medieval female personal name Mab. Compare Queen Mab, a fairy queen mentioned by Shakespeare.
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Matronymic surname from the medieval female personal name Mab. Compare Queen Mab, a fairy queen mentioned by Shakespeare.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.